The EU is preparing to hold a summit with Turkey by the end of November or Beginning December with a view of putting in place an action plan that would help manage better the refugee crisis on the Aegean.
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Member states agreed to pledge a fraction of the aid the European Commission was hoping for at the Valletta Summit on migration.
A table issued by the European Council shows the 28-member countries only managed to €78million when they were expected to match the €1.8billion put on the...

The Valletta Summit on migration has ended without a tangible commitment on the return of failed asylum seekers - a key concession sought by European leaders.
Addressing a press conference at the end of the summit, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk said the...

The following is a leaked version of the Valletta Summit Action plan which is expected to be announced later this morning. The version below was circulated to delegates on Wednesday evening.
VALLETTA SUMMIT, 11-12 NOVEMBER 2015
ACTION PLAN
Introduction
The following Action Plan is built around five priority domains. Its...

Below is the full text of the final summit declaration.
VALLETTA SUMMIT, 11-12 NOVEMBER 2015
FINAL DECLARATION
We, the participants to the Valletta Summit on Migration recall the Joint Africa-EU Declaration on Migration and Development of 2006, the Africa-EU Declaration on Migration and Mobility of 2014, the United...

There is no plan on the table to set up processing centres in Africa, in the form of holding camps or even hubs where people can apply for asylum, an EU official privy to the Valletta Summit talks has told Migrant Report.
"There is confusion over...

There is no sign of an agreement on the points the EU is most anxious to conclude on at the ongoing Valletta summit with African Union members refusing to accept a readmission programme or the building of processing centres in the Sub-Sahara.
Officials from the two...

An Eritrean grassroots human rights group has warned the EU against committing any financial aid to the Eritrean regime, arguing it would simply be a "waste of European taxpayer money" that won't help the citizens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9Z3-Gu7yfs&feature=youtu.be
"In 2008 €122 million was given to Eritrea but the situation...

The EU Council is unable to say if Libya has been invited to attend a major migration summit being held in Malta and which is meant to bring together stakeholders from Europe and Africa.
[caption id="attachment_5097" align="alignnone" width="640"] The Preisdent of the European Council Donald Tusk, addressing...

Search and rescue charity Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) will launch a new rescue mission in the Aegean Sea where thousands of asylum seekers continue to cross every week from Turkey to Greece in unsafe vessels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqMLYiCLbe8
As the winter season approaches and casualty rates climb, MOAS...